Well, for one thing, it's not acid, which does eat the metal. However, a good tech will rinse properly at the right time. I had Ken Pope ultrasonic clean my horn and am quite satisfied. I had pulled the valve slides, looked down the tubes, and saw green carbonate. Since then I've occasionally blown oil through the horn and had no carbonate build up. I use oil that contains light oil (sewing machine oil). It coats the inside and doesn't evaporate. When the valves slow down from the light oil, it's time to oil the valves.
Herb Foster ________________________________ From: Luke Zyla <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 9:02:52 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Horn cleaning Along the lines of this discussion, has anyone had experience with ultrasonic cleaning as opposed to chemical cleaning? Any advantages to one over the other? Luke Zyla 2nd Horn, WV Symphony Orchestra www.wvsymphony.org _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/herb_foster%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
